24th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170169775 | DRIVING METHOD FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DEVICE OF THE SAME - A photocoupler isolation switch circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a power chip and a voltage driving chip including a photocoupler device having a light emitting device and a photosensitive device. A first output terminal of the power chip connects to a first terminal of the light emitting device, and a second terminal of the light emitting device connects to ground; a second output terminal of the power chip connects to a first terminal of the photosensitive device and outputs a driving voltage, a second terminal of the photosensitive device connects to an output terminal of the photocoupler device; the photocoupler device controls a working status of the light emitting device according to a control voltage, the photosensitive device is turned on or off according to the working status; the driving voltage is outputted through the output terminal of the photocoupler device when the light emitting device is turned on. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169776 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines, each of the plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of color sub-pixels, and a data driver configured to output data voltages of a positive polarity and a negative polarity opposite to the positive polarity with respect to the reference voltage to the plurality of data lines, wherein a polarity stuck period of at least one color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels is different from a polarity stuck period of other color sub-pixel of the plurality of color sub-pixels, and the polarity stuck period is a pixel distance in which a same polarity moves per a frame. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169777 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE - An output circuit of a display driving device may include: a first buffer including first and third output units driven in a range of a positive output signal included in an output voltage domain corresponding to a display panel; a second buffer including second and fourth output units driven in a range of a negative output signal included in the output voltage domain corresponding to the display panel; a first body control unit configured to control a body voltage of the first output unit and the second output unit; and a second body control unit configured to control a body voltage of the third output unit and the fourth output unit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169778 | GOA CIRCUIT OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION - The present invention provides a GOA circuit of reducing power consumption. In the GOA unit circuit of the Nth stage, the twenty-second thin film transistor (T | 2017-06-15 |
20170169779 | Display Panel, Driving Method Thereof and Display Device - A black matrix of the display panel comprises N columns of first sub-regions and M columns of second sub-regions, the pixel electrodes comprise N columns of first pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with N columns of first sub-regions and M columns of second pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with M columns of second sub-regions. A width of the M columns of second sub-regions and a width of the M columns of second pixel electrodes along the row direction of the black matrix are increased only by reducing a width of the N columns of first sub-regions along the row direction of the black matrix, such that some signal lines in the divided gate driver may be placed at the M columns of second sub-regions to enable the display panel not having frames at the left and the right, without substantially not changing the aperture ratio of the display panel. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169780 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE CIRCUIT - The invention provides a scan driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The scan driving circuit includes: an input module for calculating a preceding-stage control signal, first and second clock signals to obtain a first control signal; a resetting module for resetting a control signal node according to a reset signal; a latching module for calculating the first control signal, the first and second clock signals to obtain a second control signal; a logic processing module for performing a logic calculation on the second control signal and a third clock signal to obtain a logic control signal; an output module for calculating the logic control signal to obtain a scan driving signal; and a scan line for receiving and transmitting the scan driving signal to a pixel unit, to reset the control signal node and the scan driving signal and thereby avoid the failure of scan driving circuit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169781 | A scanning driving circuit and the liquid crystal display apparatus with the scanning driving circuit thereof - The invention provides a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The scanning driving circuit including a latch module to receive and calculate an upper level control signal, a first and a second clock signal and a reset signal to get a first control signal, and latch and output the first control signal; a logic control module receive and calculate the first and the second control signal and the third clock signal to get a logic control signal, and output the logic control signal; an output module receive and calculate the logic control signal and the second control signal to get and output a scanning driving signal, and a scan line connected to the output module to transmit the scanning driving signal to a pixel unit and to achieve the special function of the liquid crystal display apparatus. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169782 | SCANNING DRIVING CIRCUITS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES WITH THE SAME - Provided are a scanning driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device. The scanning driving circuit comprises multiple cascaded scanning driving units ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170169783 | SCANNING-DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A scanning-driving circuit and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The scanning-driving circuit has a forward-backward scanning module to output a forward and backward scanning-driving signals; a pull-up holding module connected to the forward-backward scanning module to receive a selecting signal of the forward-backward scanning module and to pull up a voltage level of a pull-down control signal node; an input module connected to the forward-backward scanning module and the pull-up holding module to receive a previous-stage clock signal and to charge a pull-up control signal node; a control module connected to the pull-up holding module to receive a present-stage clock signal and to control the pull-up holding module; an output module connected to the pull-up holding module and the control module to output a scanning-driving signal to a scanning line, and to transmit the scanning-driving signal to a pixel unit to ensure a stability of the scanning-driving circuit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169784 | GOA CIRCUITS, DISPLAY DEVICES AND THE DRIVING METHODS OF THE GOA CIRCUITS - A GOA circuit, a display device, and a driving method of GOA circuit are disclosed. A N-th level GOA unit is configured for charging the N-th level horizontal scanning line (G(N)) within a display area of the display device. The N-th level horizontal scanning line (G(N)) connects to GAS. In response to the GAS, the horizontal scanning lines corresponding to all of the GOA units are in a charging state. In this way, the horizontal scanning lines at each level are connected to the GAS, such that when the GAS are valid, the corresponding horizontal scanning line at each level are in the charging state of in an on-state so as to realize the All Gate On function. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169785 | SCAN DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL - A scan driving method for a display panel is disclosed. The display panel has a pixel driving circuit including n scanning lines and m data lines; and the scanning lines and the data lines intersect each other to define a plurality of pixel units. The scan driving method includes a step of enabling the xth scanning line by a clock signal having a duty cycle not more than 45%, and meanwhile enabling the (x+2)th scanning line, where x is an positive integer and 1≦x≦n−2. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169786 | DISPLAY PANEL AND GATE DRIVER STRUCTURE - The present application relates to a display panel, the display panel has a display area, a plurality of odd stage scan lines and even stage scan lines arranged sequentially in the display area, and non-display area located at two sides of the display area, and includes a plurality of odd stage gate COFs, disposed on a first side of the non-display area, each odd stage gate COF having a plurality of odd stage scan output channels corresponding to each of the odd stage scan lines respectively; and a plurality of even stage gate COFs, disposed on a second side opposite to the first side on the non-display area, each even stage gate COF having a plurality of even stage scan output channels corresponding to each of the even stage scan lines respectively. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169787 | Waveform-Shaping Circuit, Liquid Crystal Display Device Having The Same, And Driving Method For The Same - A waveform-shaping circuit, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method for the same are provided. The device includes a pixel unit, a data line for transmitting a data signal to the pixel unit, a clock signal generation chip for generating a first clock signal and a second clock signal, a waveform-shaping circuit connected with the clock signal generation chip for receiving the first clock signal and the second clock signal, outputting a scanning signal having a trimmed rising edge as a chamfered waveform according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and a scanning signal for transmitting the scanning signal having the trimmed rising edge to the pixel unit. The present invention can reduce the waveform difference of the scanning signals at two sides and a middle portion of a panel in order to increase the display quality of the device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169788 | VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A voltage generating circuit includes: a first output voltage generator to receive an input voltage, to output a first output voltage, to compare the input voltage with a first reference voltage, and to stop the output of the first output voltage according to the comparison; and a second output voltage generator to receive the input voltage, to output a second output voltage, to compare the input voltage with a second reference voltage, and to stop the output of the second output voltage according to the comparison. The first output voltage generator is to compare first reference voltage data with second reference voltage data, and to change the first reference voltage according to the comparison. The second output voltage generator is to compare the first reference voltage data with the second reference voltage data, and to change the second reference voltage according to the comparison. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169789 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a display panel and a display apparatus, and relates to a field of display technology, in order to solve a problem of the conventional light-emitting element being unable to emit light within a short period of time during which no current flows through the light-emitting element so that the conventional display apparatus has a bad display effect. The pixel driving circuit comprises a first input module, a second input module, a charging module for charging a storage module, the storage module for storing quantity of electricity between a compensation module and a light-emitting element, a power supply control module, the compensation module, a driving module for providing the light-emitting element with a signal of a DC power supply signal terminal and a light-emitting element. The pixel driving circuit provided by the present disclosure is applied in the display apparatus. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169790 | AGING COMPENSATION FOR VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic display is driven to compensate for aging of pixels in the electronic display. An aging factor is determined based on initial display data for a display portion of the electronic display during one or more monitored frames. The aging factor is indicative of aging of pixels in the display portion of the electronic display due to use corresponding to the initial display data. An aging counter for the display portion is increased based on the determined aging factor. A compensation value is determined for the display portion based on the aging counter for the display portion. Input display data for the display portion is modified during a subsequent frame according the determined compensation value. The display portion is driven with the modified input display data during the subsequent frame. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169791 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device are disclosed. In the array substrate, one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (2N+1)th row of sub-pixels or the (2N+2)th row of sub-pixels, or one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (N+1)th row of sub-pixels; each first switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel; each second switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel group; each first scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of first switching elements in one row of sub-pixels; and each second scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of second switching elements in one row of sub-pixel groups. The display device can have resolution reduced by half or three fourth in the case of full screen display, and lowers drive power consumption of the display panel without affecting display brightness. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169792 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RELEASING CONTENT TO MULTIPLE TERMINALS - An electronic device and method for releasing content to multiple terminals are provided. The electronic device includes: at least one processor; and a memory; wherein the memory stores instructions that can be executed by the at least one processor, and execution of the instructions by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to: receive a page request from a client wherein the page request comprises a type of the client; and determine one or more page sections in the requested page according to the page request; determine a data source of the one or more page sections; determine a display style of the one or more page sections according to the type of the client; and encapsulate the determined display style and data source of all page sections in the request, and send the encapsulated display style and data source to the client. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169793 | LUMINANCE COMPENSATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COMPENSATING LUMINANCE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE LUMINANCE COMPENSATING APPARATUS - A luminance compensating apparatus includes: a color coordinate data receiver; a white luminance data receiver; a luminance divider to divide a first luminance of a first display module from first color coordinate data and first white luminance data, and to divide a second luminance of a second display module from second color coordinate data and second white luminance data; a luminance rate calculator to calculate a rate of the second luminance compared to the first luminance to output a first luminance rate; a target luminance calculator to divide the second luminance by the first luminance rate to output a first target luminance of the second display module; and a luminance compensator to output first luminance compensating data for compensating the second luminance of the second display module from the first target luminance. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169794 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - To provide a more pleasant use sensation to users. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169795 | DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS CONTROL METHODS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The present disclosure relates to a method and device for controlling brightness of a display screen, applied to a terminal, including: obtaining remaining safe quantity of electricity of the terminal and obtaining a remaining duration of a video when the video is played in full screen at the terminal; determining a target brightness value of the display screen when the playing of the video corresponding to the remaining duration in full screen state is completed, according to the remaining safe quantity of electricity; and regulating a brightness value of the display screen of the terminal to the target brightness value. The method can realize that screen brightness values corresponding to a video available for the user to watch are automatically set without quitting the full screen mode during the video is played in full screen. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169796 | BRIGHTNESS COMPENSATION CIRCUITRY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A brightness compensation circuitry includes a data-setting switch unit receiving a data-setting signal, a pixel unit including a pixel driving circuit that receives the data-setting signal during a data-input period to generate a driving current, and a compensation circuit receiving the driving current generated by the pixel driving circuit. The compensation circuit controls the data-setting switch unit to conduct or not conduct by determining whether or not a magnitude of the driving current conforms with a criterion that is associated with target brightness of the pixel unit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169797 | BIT RATE CONTROLLER AND A METHOD FOR LIMITING OUTPUT BIT RATE - The present invention relates to a bit rate controller comprising: a light determination block configured to determine a light level in images of a captured scene; and a maximum bit rate setting block. The maximum bit rate setting block is configured to: upon the light level being determined to be a low light level, set a low-light maximum bit rate; upon the light level being determined to be an intermediate light level, set an intermediate-light maximum bit rate; or upon the light level being determined to be a high light level, set a high-light maximum bit rate. The low-light maximum bit rate is lower than the intermediate-light maximum bit rate. The high-light maximum bit rate is lower than the intermediate-light maximum bit rate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169798 | Method, System and Apparatus for Modifying a Font Character - A method of modifying a font character. An outline of the font character is received, the outline being a vector representation of the character. A slant angle parameter to be applied to the font outline is received, the slant angle specifying an amount of shearing to be applied to the font outline. A modified stroke width is determined for each segment of the font outline according to an initial angle of the segment and the slant angle, the modified stroke width being proportional to ratio of a length of the segment before and after applying the slant angle to the outline. The modified stroke width is used for adjusting an initial stroke width of the segment to compensate for changes to stroke width of the segment caused by applying the slant angle. The font character is rendered using the modified stroke width of the segments. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169799 | DISPLAY-INTEGRATED INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a display-integrated information display system. A display-integrated information display system according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising: at least one shelf unit having a product exhibition space formed on the upper portion thereof so as to exhibit a product and having an information display space formed on the front portion thereof so as to provide product information regarding the product; a display unit installed in the information display space so as to display the product information; a control unit for receiving the product information regarding the product exhibited on the shelf unit and display area information, which corresponds to the product information, from a main server and controlling the display unit so as to display the product information in a display area that is set according to the display area information; and a power supply unit for supplying power to the display unit and the control unit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169800 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR AGGREGATION, DISPLAY, AND SHARING OF DATA - Systems and techniques for aggregation, display, and sharing of data. Graphic items representing data objects identified by a data package may be displayed on timelines. Each timeline may be associated with a respective class of data, and each graphic item displayed on a respective timeline may represent one or more of the data objects in the class associated with the respective timeline. A prediction may be made regarding which data will be displayed in the near future. A pre-fetch request may be generated, and the predicted data may be retrieved from a remote server and stored in a local data cache before the user requests that the predicted data be displayed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169801 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus includes a conversion unit, and an output unit. The conversion unit receives an input signal in which frame rates are respectively set for frames, individually sets received frames of the input signal as a first frame to be output with a first polarity or a second frame to be output with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity, and converts the frame rates of the first frames and the frame rates of the second frames so that the first frame period taken to output the first frames and the second frame period taken to output the second frames are equal within a predetermined time period. The output unit outputs the first frames with the first polarity to a display unit, and outputs the second frames with the second polarity to the display unit. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169802 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING DATA DISPLAY - A method and a device for setting data display are provided. The method includes establishing connections with at least one flash module array system and at least one display device, wherein the flash module array system comprises at least two flash modules and the display device comprises at least two display units; storing object information of at least one to-be-displayed object into the at least two flash modules, and establishing mappings between the at least two flash modules and the at least two display units to make a display unit display object information stored in a flash module corresponding to the display unit; and storing the mappings into the flash module array system. Thus, the efficiency and the flexibility of the display setting are improved. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169803 | ACOUSTIC DRUM KIT, AND ENSEMBLE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS COMPRISING SUCH AN ACOUSTIC DRUM KIT - An acoustic drum kit including a bass drum, a snare drum and a hi-hat stand, the base drum including two parts that are movable with respect to one another between a spaced-apart position, in which the snare drum is fixed removably to the bass drum and to the hi-hat stand such that the drum kit is in a playing configuration, and a compact position, in which the snare drum and the hi-hat stand are housed inside the bass drum, between the two parts thereof, such that the drum kit is in a storage and transport configuration. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169804 | DRUMSTICK GRIP AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT - The specification discloses a novel drumstick configuration with an enhanced grip and performance characteristics. Included in the drumstick are a plurality of preferably continuous circumferential longitudinally spaced-apart grooves disposed in an outer surface of an elongate body portion. The grooves each contain a grip-enhancing material which has an upper surface disposed slightly above the outer surface of the body portion to enhance the grip and general performance characteristics of the drumstick. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169805 | Hammer Velocity Measurement System | 2017-06-15 |
20170169806 | CONTROLLER AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE GENERATION BASED ON CHARACTERS - A voice generation device ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170169807 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF AUDIO PROCESSING, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A delay time counter in a DSP cyclically counts a sampling clock from zero to a delay time sampling count and issues a delay time interrupt to a CPU each time the sampling clock count reaches the delay time sampling count. The CPU measures a time difference between each time the DSP issues the delay time interrupt and each time sequence clock interrupts occur a number of times corresponding to the delay time. Then, in order to reduce this time difference, the CPU increases or decreases a maximum count that is set to the sequence clock counter. Therefore, in the next delay process, the shift between the time by which the automatic performance is advanced by the CPU (which is equal to the delay time) and the timing of the delay process executed by the DSP (which is also equal in length to the delay time) will be corrected. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169808 | ELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCESSOR - An electronic signal processor for processing signals includes a complex first filter, one or more gain stages and a second filter. The first filter is characterized by a frequency response curve that includes multiple corner frequencies, with some corner frequencies being user selectable. The first filter also has at least two user-preset gain levels which may be alternately selected by a switch. Lower frequency signals are processed by the first filter with at least 12 db/octave slope, and preferably with 18 db/octave slope to minimize intermodulation distortion products by subsequent amplification in the gain stages. A second filter provides further filtering and amplitude control. The signal processor is particularly suited for processing audio frequency signals. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169809 | SOUND ABSORBER AND WIRING HARNESS WITH SOUND ABSORBER - If a thickness of a sound absorber arranged in a vehicle and clearances in the vehicle do not match and gaps are formed between the sound absorber and the respective members in the vehicle, abnormal noise due to the mutual contact of the members and noise outside the vehicle enter the vehicle interior to impair vehicle interior quietness. This is solved by a sound absorber which includes a nonwoven fabric containing 5 to 50 mass % of second fibers having a lower melting point than that of first fibers and can cause the first and second fibers to be more loosely interfaced and increase a volume of the nonwoven fabric by heating the nonwoven fabric to about the melting point of the second fibers and softening or melting the second fibers even after production. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169810 | WAVEGUIDE FOR A BOAT - A waveguide mounted in the area beneath the helm of a boat directs acoustic output from one or more loudspeakers to its windshield where the sound can be contained, reinforced and directed toward the entertainment areas of the boat. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169811 | TEXT-TO-SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for performing text-to-speech (TTS) processing of textual works, such a literary works. The system and method process text of these works and determine offsets corresponding to one or more of chapters, paragraphs, sentences, words, section of dialogues, sections of other context. Using these offsets, the system and method determine which portion and how much of a work to process using TTS processing at a time to produce a high quality audio output. This audio output may then be sent to a user device to allow the user device to play the audio output of the TTS processing. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169812 | PROVIDING INTELLIGENT TRANSCRIPTIONS OF SOUND MESSAGES IN A MESSAGING APPLICATION - One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems of creating transcribed electronic communications based on sound inputs. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to easily and effectively send an electronic communication that includes a textual message transcribed from a sound input. Additionally, systems and methods described herein provide an analysis of a textual message transcribed from a sound input allowing users to correct an inaccurate or incorrect transcription. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169813 | DISCRIMINATIVE TRAINING OF AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION MODELS WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING DICTIONARY FOR SPOKEN LANGUAGE PROCESSING - Methods and systems for language processing includes training one or more automatic speech recognition models using an automatic speech recognition dictionary. A set of N automatic speech recognition hypotheses for an input is determined, based on the one or more automatic speech recognition models, using a processor. A best hypothesis is selected using a discriminative language model and a list of relevant words. Natural language processing is performed on the best hypothesis. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169814 | TEXT RULE BASED MULTI-ACCENT SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH SINGLE ACOUSTIC MODEL AND AUTOMATIC ACCENT DETECTION - Embodiments are disclosed for recognizing speech in a computing system. An example speech recognition method includes receiving metadata at a generation unit that includes a database of accented substrings, generating, via the generation unit, accent-corrected phonetic data for words included in the metadata, the accent-corrected phonetic data representing different pronunciations of the words included in the metadata based on the accented substrings stored in the database, receiving, at a voice recognition engine, extracted speech data derived from utterances input by a user to the speech recognition system, and receiving, at the voice recognition engine, the accent-corrected phonetic data. The method further includes determining terminal ID(s) identifying recognized utterances in the extracted speech data, generating, accent data identifying accents detected in the recognized utterances, generating recognized speech data based on the one or more terminal IDs and the accent data, and outputting the recognized speech data to the speech-controlled device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169815 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADAPTING NEURAL NETWORK ACOUSTIC MODELS - Techniques for adapting a trained neural network acoustic model, comprising using at least one computer hardware processor to perform: generating initial speaker information values for a speaker; generating first speech content values from first speech data corresponding to a first utterance spoken by the speaker; processing the first speech content values and the initial speaker information values using the trained neural network acoustic model; recognizing, using automatic speech recognition, the first utterance based, at least in part on results of the processing; generating updated speaker information values using the first speech data and at least one of the initial speaker information values and/or information used to generate the initial speaker information values; and recognizing, based at least in part on the updated speaker information values, a second utterance spoken by the speaker. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169816 | AUDIO-BASED EVENT INTERACTION ANALYTICS - In an approach for audio based event analytics, a processor receives a recording of audio from an event. A processor collects information about the event and a list of participants. A processor segments the recording into, at least, a plurality of utterances. A processor analyzes the segmented recording. A processor summarizes the recording based on the segmentation and the analysis. A processor generates insights about interactions patterns of the event based on the segmentation and the analysis. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169817 | EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF VOICE RECOGNITION - One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an audio capture device, an activation cue; receiving, at the audio capture device, at least one command after the activation cue; performing, using a processor, an action based on the at least one command; receiving, at the audio capture device, at least one other command; and performing, using the processor, another action based on the another command without requiring another activation cue. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169818 | USER FOCUS ACTIVATED VOICE RECOGNITION - One embodiment provides a method, involving: receiving, at a device, voice input comprising at least one command; identifying, using an image of the user, a direction of user focus; and responsive to the identifying that the direction of user focus is directed toward the device, performing an action based on the at least one command. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169819 | MODIFYING INPUT BASED ON DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS - One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a device, input; processing, using a processor, the input to identify at least one user command; identifying, using a processor, a characteristic related to the at least one user command; and performing an action based on the at least one command and the characteristic. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169820 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling a head-mounted device. The method includes the following steps: determining whether audio information acquired by an acquisition component on the head-mounted device is valid voice information or not; if yes, recognizing the valid voice information to obtain a recognition result; and executing a control operation indicated by the recognition result according to the recognition result. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169821 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE OPERATION WITH OPERATING CORRECTION - A method for operating a motor vehicle operating device to carry out with voice control two operating steps. A first vocabulary is set, which is provided for the first operating step, to a speech recognition device. Based on the first set vocabulary, a first recognition result is generated and the first operating step is carried out. A second vocabulary, which is provided for the second operating step, is then set to the speech recognition device and a second speech input is received. A repetition recognition device recognizes during or after the second speech input a correction request of the user. The first operating step is then reversed for the device and the first vocabulary is reinstalled again for the speech recognition device. The first operating step is repeated based on a second recognition result that is detected in dependence on a part of the second speech input. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169822 | DIALOG TEXT SUMMARIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a summarization technology for correcting a dialog text on a word-by-word basis for readability using a dialog structure. A dialog text summarization device includes: a recognition result acquisition unit that acquires, from a database, a word recognized from a dialog form text, time-series information of the word, and identification information identifying a speaker of the word; and a text summarization unit that corrects the word based on the word, the time-series information of the word, the identification information, and a summarization model, and that outputs a correction result to the database. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169823 | Method and Apparatus for Voice Control of a Motor Vehicle - A method and apparatus for voice control of a motor vehicle are provided. A server external to the vehicle is set up for processing a voice command, for which purpose it can access non-vehicle-specific data, wherein the non-vehicle-specific data are stored in memory outside of the motor vehicle. The server is further set up for accessing vehicle-specific data to process the voice command. The motor vehicle has a voice input unit for input of a voice command by a user, particularly a driver of the motor vehicle, a communication unit for data communication with the server external to the vehicle, and a data acquisition unit for acquisition of vehicle-specific data. The method acquires a voice command via the voice input unit, transmits a voice file that represents the voice command by the communication unit to the server, acquires the vehicle-specific data by the data acquisition unit, transmits the vehicle-specific data by the communication unit to the server, and processes of the voice command. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169824 | USING MULTIPLE MODALITY INPUT TO FEEDBACK CONTEXT FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING - Input context for a statistical dialog manager may be provided. Upon receiving a spoken query from a user, the query may be categorized according to at least one context clue. The spoken query may then be converted to text according to a statistical dialog manager associated with the category of the query and a response to the spoken query may be provided to the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169825 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BETWEEN AN ON-VEHICLE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND AN OFF-VEHICLE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A vehicle based system and method for receiving voice inputs and determining whether to perform a voice recognition analysis using in-vehicle resources or resources external to the vehicle. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169826 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING DATA FROM A MICROPHONE - A method for analyzing data from a microphone, the microphone being arranged to continuously record audio data, the method comprising: continuously storing the recorded audio data in a buffer, receiving a first triggering signal at a first point in time, the first triggering signal pertaining to a request for analyzing the audio data presently being recorded by the microphone, transferring a predefined amount of recorded audio data stored prior to the first point in time and audio data stored after the first point in time to a conversation analyzing unit. The method is advantageous as the information that was momentarily available during a conversation in the form of sound waves is now analyzed and thus may be converted to a format compatible with information available from other sources of relevance to the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169827 | MULTIMODAL SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO AUDIO-BASED DISPLAY INDICIA APPLICATION - Aspects relate to computer implemented methods, systems, and processes to automatically generate audio-based display indicia of media content including receiving, by a processor, a plurality of media content categories including at least one feature, receiving a plurality of categorized speech recognition algorithms, each speech recognition algorithm being associated with a respective one or more of the plurality of media content categories, determining a media content category of a current media content based on at least one feature of the current media content, selecting one speech recognition algorithm from the plurality of categorized speech recognition algorithms based on the determination of the media content category of the current media content, and applying the selected speech recognition algorithm to the current media content. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED AUDIO CONSISTENCY - A voice biometrics system adapted to authenticate a user based on speech diagnostics is provided. The system includes a pre-processing module to receive and pre-process an input voice sample. The pre-processing module includes a clipping module to clip the input voice sample based on a clipping threshold and a voice activity detection module to apply a detection model on the input voice sample to determine an audible region and a non-audible region in the input voice sample. The pre-processing module includes a noise reduction module to apply a noise reduction model to remove noise components from the input voice sample. The voice biometrics system includes a feature extraction module to extract features from the pre-processed input voice sample. The voice biometrics system also includes an authentication module to authenticate the user by comparing a plurality of features extracted from the pre-processed input voice sample to a plurality of enrolment features. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169829 | LANGUAGE AND DOMAIN INDEPENDENT MODEL BASED APPROACH FOR ON-SCREEN ITEM SELECTION - A universal model-based approach for item disambiguation and selection is provided. An utterance may be received by a computing device in response to a list of items for selection. In aspects, the list of items may be displayed on a display screen. The universal disambiguation model may then be applied to the utterance. The universal disambiguation model may be utilized to determine whether the utterance is directed to at least one of the list of items and identify an item from the list corresponding to the utterance, based on identified language and/or domain independent referential features. The computing device may then perform an action which may include selecting the identified item associated with utterance. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING DATA TO AUDIO SIGNAL OR EXTRACTING DATA FROM AUDIO SIGNAL BASED ON TIME DOMAIN - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for embedding data in an audio signal based on a time domain, and a method and an apparatus for extracting data from an audio signal based on a time domain. The method for embedding data in an audio signal based on a time domain may include generating a time-domain insertion sequence from original data based on a weighting element, embedding the insertion sequence in a host audio signal, and transmitting the host audio signal in which the insertion sequence is embedded. The method for extracting data from an audio signal based on a time domain may include receiving a time-domain audio signal in which data is embedded, extracting a codeword from the audio signal, and synchronizing the audio signal based on the codeword. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169831 | Improved Frequency Band Extension in an Audio Signal Decoder - A method is provided for extending the frequency band of an audio signal during a decoding or improvement process. The method includes obtaining the decoded signal in a first frequency band, referred to as a low band. Tonal components and a surround signal are extracted from the signal from the low-band signal, and the tonal components and the surround signal are combined by adaptive mixing using energy-level control factors to obtain an audio signal, referred to as a combined signal. The low-band decoded signal before the extraction step or the combined signal after the combination step are extended over at least one second frequency band which is higher than the first frequency band. Also proved are a frequency-band extension device which implements the described method and a decoder including a device of this type. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC AUDIO ALIGNMENT IN A HYBRID RADIO SYSTEM - A method of processing a digital radio broadcast signal includes: (a) determining a plurality of current correlation sample values representative of a time delay between samples in an analog audio sample stream and samples in a digital audio sample stream; (b) determining a current inversion status; (c) updating a delay history and an inversion status history; (d) checking the current correlation sample values for consistency with a first confidence threshold; (e) if consistency is found in step (d), determining if each of a first plurality of values in the delay history is consistent within a predetermined range of the current correlation sample values; (f) if consistency is found in step (e), determining if a value in the inversion status history is consistent with the current inversion status; and (g) if the consistency is found in step (f), allowing blending of an output to the digital audio sample stream. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169833 | ENCODER, DECODER AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO CONTENT USING PARAMETERS FOR ENHANCING A CONCEALMENT - Described are an encoder for coding speech-like content and/or general audio content, wherein the encoder is configured to embed, at least in some frames, parameters in a bitstream, which parameters enhance a concealment in case an original frame is lost, corrupted or delayed, and a decoder for decoding speech-like content and/or general audio content, wherein the decoder is configured to use parameters which are sent later in time to enhance a concealment in case an original frame is lost, corrupted or delayed, as well as a method for encoding and a method for decoding. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169834 | ANDROID-BASED AUDIO CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - In the field of audio digital processing, an Android-based audio content processing method and device are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes: receiving, by a framework layer, audio content; identifying, by the framework layer, a type of the audio content, and adding an identifier associated with the type to the identified audio content; and receiving, by a hardware abstraction layer (HAL), audio content data and the identifier from the framework layer, and sending the audio content data to a processing unit corresponding to the identifier. In the embodiment, an Android framework layer is used to identify a type of audio content, and mark the type, and an HAL then sends, according to a mark, pulse coding modulation (PCM) data corresponding to the audio content to a processing unit corresponding to the type of the audio content, thereby implementing correct processing on audio content of different types. By means of the foregoing technical solution, coexistence of Dolby, a digital theater system (DTS), and high-fidelity (HiFi) in a same system is implemented. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169835 | Complex Exponential Modulated Filter Bank for High Frequency Reconstruction - An apparatus and method are disclosed for filtering and performing high frequency reconstruction of an audio signal. The apparatus includes an analysis filter bank, a high frequency reconstructor, and a synthesis filter bank. The analysis filterbank receives real-valued time domain input audio samples and generates complex valued subband samples. The high frequency reconstructor modifies at least some of the complex valued subband samples. The synthesis filter bank receives the modified complex valued subband samples and generates time domain output audio samples. The analysis filter bank comprises analysis filters that are complex exponential modulated versions of a prototype filter with an arbitrary phase shift. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169836 | COMBINED VOICE RECOGNITION, HANDS-FREE TELEPHONY AND IN-CAR COMMUNICATION - A multi-mode speech communication system is described that has different operating modes for different speech applications. A signal processing module is in communication with the speech applications and includes an input processing module and an output processing module. The input processing module processes microphone input signals to produce a set user input signals for each speech application that are limited to currently active system users for that speech application. The output processing module processes application output communications from the speech applications to produce loudspeaker output signals to the system users, wherein for each different speech application, the loudspeaker output signals are directed only to system users currently active in that speech application. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169837 | NOISE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A noise suppression system includes an a priori S/N ratio estimated value and expectation calculation unit that acquires an expectation of a priori S/N ratio, by correcting an estimated value of the a priori S/N ratio relating to a signal and a noise based on a priori S/N ratio model or based on a signal model and a noise model, the signal and the noise being estimated from an input signal in which the signal and the noise are mixed; a noise suppression coefficient calculation unit that calculates a noise suppression coefficient with use of the expectation of the a priori S/N ratio; and a noise suppression unit that suppresses the noise included in the input signal by multiplying the input signal by the noise suppression coefficient. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169838 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING DOUBLE-TALK AND METHOD - An acoustic signal processing system and method. In accordance with an embodiment, the acoustic signal processing system includes an adaptive filter that filters a signal from a frequency band reservation module and generates a filter signal that is received by a subtractor. The subtractor generates an error signal that is used by a double-talk indicator module to generate a control signal that indicates the presence of double-talk. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING A SPOKEN WORD HAS LIKELY BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD BY A LISTENER - A system for indicating a speaker is likely to be misunderstood by at least one listener from a group of listeners. The system includes a computer interface configured to receive lexicon information from the group of listeners. The lexicon information includes words encountered by each of the listeners from the group of listeners and a word count associated with each of the words. A computer with at least one central processing unit is configured to determine when the word count corresponding to a spoken word from the speaker is below a threshold count. A transducer coupled to the computer is configured to signal the speaker that the spoken word has likely been misunderstood by the listener when the word count corresponding to the spoken word is below the threshold count. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169840 | HYBRID AUDIO REPRESENTATIONS FOR EDITING AUDIO CONTENT - The present disclosure includes a hybrid waveform system that displays a hybrid waveform to a user. In general, the hybrid waveform system provides a hybrid waveform to a user that uses converted readable text and waveforms to represent an audio segment. By providing a user with a hybrid waveform, the hybrid waveform system offers users with a number of benefits, such as providing an audio display that enables a user to quickly ascertain context information and audio information typically missing from audio transcriptions. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169841 | DIRECTION DEPENDENT TAPE HEAD ASSEMBLY TO REDUCE TAPE-HEAD FRICTION - A tape appliance that includes two read heads and a write head arranged along a magnetic tape path in RWR order. The heads are configured such that for a first direction of tape travel, the tape engages the tape bearing surface of a first read head followed by engaging the tape bearing surface of the write head and flies over the tape bearing surface of the other read head. For the reverse direction of tape travel, the tape engages the tape bearing surface of the other read head followed by engaging the tape bearing surface of the write head and flies over the tape bearing surface of the first read head. When the tape engages the tape bearing surface of a read or write head, read or write operations, respectively, may be performed on the tape by the read or write transducer arrays of the heads. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169842 | METHODS OF FORMING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS AND NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCERS FORMED THEREBY - A method of forming a near field transducer (NFT), the method including the steps of depositing a plasmonic material; depositing an encapsulant material on at least a portion of the plasmonic material; and implanting ions into at least a portion of the plasmonic material through the encapsulant material. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169843 | USING HEAD AND/OR DRIVE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR PREDICTING AND/OR ASCERTAINING FAILURES - A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: collecting performance data corresponding to a tape drive and/or a magnetic tape head, storing the performance data in memory, and using the data to perform problem analysis. The performance data includes a resistance of the tape drive and/or magnetic tape head and a resolution of the tape drive and/or the magnetic tape head. Moreover, performing the problem analysis includes: determining a condition of the tape drive and/or the magnetic tape head, wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of: wear, corrosion, defective leads and wire bonds. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169844 | DISK APPARATUS, DRIVER CIRCUIT, AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided a disk apparatus including a first disk, a second disk, a main actuator, a first actuator, a second actuator, a third actuator, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to be able to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a mode where a first actuator, a second actuator, and a third actuator are driven in a same direction. The second mode is a mode where the first actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions and where the third actuator and the second actuator are driven in opposite directions. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169845 | MEASUREMENT AND CORRECTION OF MAGNETIC WRITER OFFSET ERROR - A method, according to one embodiment, includes writing a plurality of shingled tracks using an array of writers. The array of readers is repositioned to various locations between first and second positions and data is read from the shingled tracks at the various locations. A read offset point where read performance is about the highest during the reading performed when repositioning the array of readers between the first and second positions is determined. The method includes computing, using the read offset point, data describing a lateral writing position to use during writing such that shingled tracks are written in a location specified by a format. As a result, methods according to the present embodiment are able to provide desirable track alignment and reduced readback error rates for data of shingled tracks written to magnetic medium. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169846 | DISK DRIVE AND POSITION CORRECTION METHOD - A disk drive according to an embodiment includes a disk, a first actuator having a first arm, a second actuator having a second arm, and a head. The head includes a write head and a read head. In addition, the disk drive includes a control unit calculating an amount of shift from an initial value of offset in a radial direction of the disk between the read head and the write head. The control unit controls the second actuator and corrects a position of the head to a position where the shift amount is reduced. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169847 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND MAGNETIC DISK - A magnetic-disk glass substrate capable of suppressing turbulence of air flow in a vicinity of an outer circumferential side edge portion of the magnetic disk and suppressing disk flutter is provided. This magnetic-disk glass substrate includes a pair of main surfaces, a side wall surface formed on an outer circumferential side edge surface, and chamfered surfaces interposed between the side wall surface and the main surfaces, respectively. The side wall surface has a roundness of 1.5 μm or less. A difference in radius between an inscribed circle and a circumcircle of a plurality of outlines of the side wall surface at a plurality of positions that include a central position of the magnetic-disk glass substrate in a thickness direction and are different from each other in the thickness direction is 5 μm or less. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169848 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND MAGNETIC DISK - A magnetic-disk glass substrate has a circular hole at a center, and includes a pair of main surfaces and a side wall surface orthogonal to the main surfaces. A roundness of the circular hole is 1.5 μm or less. A difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of radii of three inscribed circles that are respectively derived from outlines in the circumferential direction at three positions spaced apart by 200 μm in a substrate thickness direction on the side wall surface of the circular hole is 3.5 μm or less. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169849 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND MAGNETIC DISK - A magnetic-disk glass substrate has a circular center hole a pair of main surfaces and an edge surface. The edge surface has a side wall surface and chamfered surfaces interposed between the side wall surface and the main surfaces, and a roundness of an edge surface on an outer circumferential side is 1.5 μm or less. Also, a midpoint A between centers of two least square circle respectively derived from outlines in a circumferential direction respectively obtained at two positions spaced apart by 200 μm in a substrate thickness direction on the side wall surface on the outer circumferential side, and centers B and C respectively derived from a respective one of two chamfered surfaces on the outer circumferential side in the substrate thickness direction, are located such that a sum of respective distances between A and B, and A and C, is 1 μm or less. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169850 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The problem of the invention is to provide a process for producing a magnetic recording medium which exhibits both of excellent thermal stability and favorable writing capability. The process for producing the magnetic recording medium of the invention includes the steps of: (A) forming the first magnetic recording layer while monotonously changing a substrate temperature; and (B) forming the second magnetic recording layer while monotonously changing the substrate temperature wherein the material of the second magnetic recording layer is different from the material of the first recording layer, wherein the substrate temperature at the beginning of the step (B) is set such that the magnetic anisotropy constant of the first magnetic recording layer and the magnetic anisotropy constant of the second magnetic recording layer is changed monotonously at the interface between the first and second magnetic recording layers. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169851 | SPINDLE MOTOR - A bearing portion includes an upper dynamic pressure portion, a lower dynamic pressure portion, and an intra-bearing space defined between a lower surface of a fluid in the upper dynamic pressure portion and an upper surface of a fluid in the lower dynamic pressure portion, and not including the fluid. An airway defined in a shaft includes an inner opening arranged to be in communication with the intra-bearing space, and an outer opening arranged to be in communication with an extra-bearing space. Each of the inner and outer openings is defined in a side surface of the shaft. The extra-bearing space and the intra-bearing space are arranged to be in communication with each other through the airway. The airway is arranged to extend substantially in a straight line or lines, is angled with respect to a central axis, and has no other openings than the inner and outer openings. This contributes to preventing a gas inside of a housing from leaking out of the housing through the airway. In addition, since the airway is arranged to extend substantially in a straight line or lines to join the inner and outer openings to each other, the airway can be defined by a single process using a drill, an EDM, or the like. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169852 | METHOD FOR RESUMING PLAYING AUDIO-VIDEO FILE AFTER MUTING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and terminal device for resuming playing an audio-video file after muting is disclosed in the disclosure, which includes: acquiring a first playing position at switching time, if a switch to a mute mode is detected, during a playing process of an audio-video file; prompting whether to resume playing from the first playing position, if a switch from the mute mode to a non-mute mode is detected; and resuming playing the file from the first playing position, if it is selected to resume playing from the first playing position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169853 | Automatic Media Summary Creation Systems and Methods - An exemplary method includes an automatic media summary creation system analyzing presentation data of a media program that includes at least one of an audio component and a video component, generating, based on the analyzing of the presentation data of the media program, a set of text data, selecting, based on an attribute of the media program, a predefined media summary template from a group of predefined media summary templates, and automatically generating a summary of the media program by using the generated set of text data to populate the selected predefined media summary template. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169854 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VIDEO STITCHING - A method and an electronic device for stitching video are provided. The method includes: decomposing a stored video file; according to a location of video content to be stitched, stitching the video content to be stitched to the decomposed video file; and recombining the stitched video content to be stitched and the decomposed video file. In this way, video stitching is implemented on the client in an offline state, which facilitates diversified presentations of a video locally. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169855 | Method and Apparatus for Low Latency Non-Linear Media Editing Using File-Based Inserts into Finalized Digital Multimedia Files - Techniques are disclosed for non-linear media editing where insert edits are performed directly on finalized digital multimedia files to replace target frames of essence data with new frames of essence data without modifying metadata within the finalized digital multimedia files. Through these techniques, the time-consuming process of re-exporting an edited multimedia file is avoided. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169856 | Video Processing Method and Associated Electronic Device - Described is a method for video processing. The method comprises: providing one display interface, where a page is displayed on the display interface, and the page comprises a page having a video playback area; playing a video on the page having the video playback area and acquiring a first instruction during video playback, where the first instruction is used for creating a video playback window on the display interface, and the first instruction at least comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) of the page on which the video is played; creating the video playback window according to the first instruction; pausing playback of the video on the page; logging the progress of the video when playback of the video is paused as a first progress; and, with the first progress as playback starting point for the video, playing same on the video playback window. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169857 | Method and Electronic Device for Video Play - A video play method includes: providing, for a video, a comment list comprising at least one comment tag to a user, wherein each of the at least one comment tag is correlated to a comment audio on the video, the comment audio has an audio start time point corresponding to a play time point of the video; playing the comment audio when the video is played to a play time point corresponding to the audio start time point of a comment audio; and clearing or closing the comment tag corresponding to the comment audio in the comment list, after the playback of the comment audio is finished or stopped by the user. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169858 | Methods and Systems for Prioritizing Playback of Media Content in a Playback Queue - Methods and systems for prioritizing playback of media content in a playback queue are described herein. In one aspect, a client device plays a first media item from a playback queue. The playback queue includes a first portion having a plurality of media items with respective positions that define an order in which the media items are to be played. While playing the first media item, a first user input indicating selection of a second media item is detected. In response to the first user input, the second media item is assigned to a second portion of the playback queue, wherein the second portion has playback priority over the first portion. After playing the first media item, the second media item is played before playing other media items of the plurality of media items in the first portion. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169859 | AUDIBLE MAPPING OF PHYSICAL HARD DISK DEVICES WITHIN A STORAGE SYSTEM - Various embodiments for audibly mapping computing components in a computer storage system, by a processor device, are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises creating a detectible audible pattern using an actuator arm and head assembly of a hard disk drive operating in the computer storage system for physically mapping the hard disk drive to a logical location within the computer storage system. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169860 | HERMETIC SEALING OF HARD DISK DRIVE USING LAMINATED FILM SEAL - A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an interface of an electrical feed-through connector and an HDD enclosure base. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer that bonds with a surface of the base and a surface of the electrical connector, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169861 | Hermetic Sealing Of Hard Disk Drive Using Laminated Film Seal - A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an interface of an electrical flexible cable assembly and an HDD enclosure base. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer that bonds with a surface of the base and a surface of the flex cable, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169862 | Hermetic Sealing Of Hard Disk Drive Using Laminated Film Seal - A hermetically-sealed hard disk drive (HDD) utilizes a laminated film seal to seal an HDD cover-to-base interface. The laminated film seal may be constructed of a heat sealant layer hermetically-coupled to and forming a seal with the base, a barrier layer which inhibits gas from escaping from inside the HDD, and a film surface protective layer which protects the heat sealant and barrier layers. Embodiments may include a heat sealant layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polypropylene, a barrier layer comprising a metal such as aluminum, and a film surface protective layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169863 | APPARATUS FOR IMPEDANCE ADJUSTMENT AND METHODS OF THEIR OPERATION - Apparatus include a data bus and a signal driver circuit having pluralities of first and second termination devices connected in parallel between a voltage node and an output node. Each of the termination devices is configured to be deactivated in response to control signals having a particular set of logic levels, and to be activated in response to control signals having a set of logic levels other than the particular set of logic levels. Activated second termination devices each exhibit respective resistances greater than a particular resistance of each activated first termination device. Methods include connecting a node of an apparatus to a first voltage node through a reference resistance, connecting the node to a second voltage node through a termination device, and comparing a resulting voltage level to a reference voltage different than half-way between voltage levels of the first and second voltage nodes. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169864 | MEMORY ARRAY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A memory array includes a first column of memory cells, a second column of memory cells and a set of switching elements. The first column of memory cells includes a first bit line, a first word line and a second bit line. The second column of memory cells includes the second bit line, a second word line and a third bit line. The first and second column of memory cells are configured to share the second bit line. The first and second bit lines are in a first plane. At least a portion of the first word line and at least a portion of the second word line are in a second plane intersecting the first plane. An amount of bit line switching elements in the set of bit line switching elements is equal to N*2, where N is an amount of columns of memory cells in the memory array. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169865 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor system includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device outputs a command and a mask command. The second semiconductor device drives a first local line according to data on a first global line if a first mask write operation is performed in response to the command and the mask command. In addition, the second semiconductor device senses and amplifies data on a second local line if the first mask write operation is performed in response to the command and the mask command. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169866 | PAGE BUFFER AND MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a page buffer and a memory device having the same. A page buffer includes a reference current generation unit for precharging a bit line by generating a reference current, a current sensing unit for changing or maintaining a voltage of a select node, based on a change in current of the bit line, a first data sensing unit for storing first data, based on a change in the voltage of the select node, and a second data sensing unit for, when the first data is stored in the first data sensing unit, consecutively storing second data, based on the change in the voltage of the select node. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169867 | VOLTAGE GENERATOR TO COMPENSATE FOR PROCESS CORNER AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS - The present disclosure describes a system, a circuit, and method for process and temperature compensation in an integrated circuit. For example, the system includes a bus, a data latch, and a voltage generator. The data latch includes a plurality of transistors coupled to the bus. The voltage generator includes a tracking transistor with one or more physical characteristics that substantially match one or more respective physical characteristics—e.g., gate width and gate length dimensions—of at least one of the plurality of transistors in the data latch. The voltage generator is configured to adjust a pre-charged voltage on the bus based on an electrical characteristic of the tracking transistor. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169868 | DIFFERENTIAL SENSING CIRCUIT WITH DYNAMIC VOLTAGE REFERENCE FOR SINGLE-ENDED BIT LINE MEMORY - The present invention provides a differential sensing circuit with a dynamic voltage reference for a single-ended bit line memory is disclosed. The exemplary differential sensing circuit comprises: a dynamic voltage reference generating unit and a differential sensing amplifying unit. The dynamic voltage reference generating unit is coupled to an input voltage, and utilized for receiving a setting signal to generate the dynamic voltage reference. The differential sensing amplifying unit is coupled to the single-ended bit line memory and the dynamic voltage reference generating unit, and utilized for receiving at least an input signal from the single-ended bit line memory and the dynamic voltage reference from the dynamic voltage reference generating unit, so as to generate at least an output signal accordingly. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169869 | NONVOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY INCLUDING CONTROL CIRCUIT CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE COMMANDS AT HIGH AND LOW EDGES OF ONE CLOCK CYCLE - A nonvolatile random access memory including a memory cell array including banks, each bank including rows; an address latch circuit; and a control circuit receiving a first set of signals including a precharge command and a first row address, and a second set of signals including an active command and a second row address. The control circuit executes a first operation in which one of the banks is deactivated when the first set of signals is loaded, executes a second operation in which the first row address is loaded when the first set of signals is loaded, and executes a third operation in which at least one of the rows in the bank is selected and activated based on the second row address when the second set of signals is loaded after the first set of signals. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169870 | SENSE AMPLIFIER - Embodiments include a sense amplifier circuit including first and second paths that may be selectively coupled to a memory cell or a reference cell as part of a two-phase read process. The sense amplifier may include a biasing circuit to provide an adaptive bias voltage to a transistor of the first and/or second path to cause the transistor to provide a voltage across the memory cell and/or reference cell that is substantially constant across process corners. Additionally, or alternatively, the sense amplifier may include a DC-coupled regenerative latch circuit to generate a digital output signal based on a voltage difference between nodes of the first and second paths at or near the end of the second phase. Additionally, or alternatively, trimmable offset resistors may adjust a resistance value provided to the sense amplifier by the memory cell and/or reference cells. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169871 | METHOD FOR WRITING TO A MRAM DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR SELF-REFERENCED READ OPERATION WITH IMPROVED REPRODUCIBLY - A method for writing a MRAM device, including magnetic tunnel junction with a storage layer, a sense layer, and a spacer layer between the storage and sense layers. At least one of the storage and sense layers has a magnetic anisotropy axis. The method includes an initialization step including: applying an initial heating current pulse for heating the magnetic tunnel junction to a temperature above a threshold temperature at which a storage magnetization is freely orientable, providing an initial resultant magnetic field for adjusting the storage magnetization in an initial direction oriented along the magnetic anisotropy axis. The method allows performing the writing step with improved reproducibly. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169872 | MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a conductive layer including a first and second terminals; a plurality of magnetoresistive elements separately disposed on the conductive layer between the first and second terminals, each magnetoresistive element including a reference layer, a storage layer between the reference layer and the conductive layer, and a nonmagnetic layer between the storage layer and the reference layer; and a circuit configured to apply a first potential to the reference layers of the magnetoresistive elements and to flow a first write current between the first and second terminals, and configured to apply a second potential to the reference layer or the reference layers of one or more of the magnetoresistive elements to which data is to be written, and to flow a second write current between the first and second terminals in an opposite direction to the first write current. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169873 | Three Transistor Two Junction Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (MRAM) Bit Cell - Three transistor two junction magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) bit cells are disclosed. An example MRAM bit cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction, MTJ, connected to a first bit line. The MRAM bit cell also includes a second MTJ connected to a second bit line. In addition, the MRAM bit cell includes a first transistor connected to the first MTJ and to a ground conductor. The MRAM bit cell further includes a second transistor connected to the second MTJ and to the ground conductor. Additionally, the MRAM bit cell includes a third transistor connected to the first transistor and to the second transistor. | 2017-06-15 |
20170169874 | HIGH VOLTAGE TOLERANT WORD-LINE DRIVER - Described is a word-line driver which is operable to switch a voltage level of a word-line to one of: first power supply, second power supply, or third power supply wherein the voltage level of the second power supply is higher than the voltage level of the first power supply, and wherein transistors of the word-line driver have same gate oxide thicknesses. | 2017-06-15 |